Straight from One Thing to the Next

今日の日本語の言葉: nomimono (飲み物) - drink

This word is brought to you by a celebration of drinks today, in one of the few days I actually bought something from one of the many vending machines.

I woke up and talked to Anna today, as usual. We finally got some things down, regarding the February trip, like booking some hotels and figuring out certain dates/times. I'm glad that is out of the way, since now I can focus on other, less plan-necessary things, like what to do on days in Tokyo. Just brainstorming ideas, you know?

I also managed to finish chapter 2 last night, at 1:00 a.m. I couldn't stop writing, and though I knew I needed to go to bed, I simply couldn't stop. It ended up being over my intended word count, clocking in at 12,000 words, when I only meant for around 8,000. But the more the merrier, I guess! And of course, being my dedicated writer self, I'm already 2,000 words into the next chapter, mostly by writing whenever I'm on the train. I usually write in class too, but today, that time was spent doing something else important, which I shall explain later.

When I got off at Akihabara station, I passed by a quirky little kiosk that sold seaweed and stuff. These things appear quite frequently in many different stations where there is space to spare, and what they sell can vary greatly. I've seen only underwear, to grapefruit scented air fresheners, to computers, to snacks, etc. I especially liked the one I saw today, though, because of its interesting decor. It just seemed so out of place, and that made it so cool.

As I walked to school today, I came upon some more hot cocoa! It isn't the same brand as the one I saw when I was out with Ryosuke, but I wanted to try it nevertheless. And now that I have tried both cold and hot Van Houten Cocoa, I have to say that I definitely like the hot better. Nevertheless, I still didn't manage to finish the whole thing. -_-"

School today was meh. I've had better days, but I've also had worse days. It's just that we learned nothing interesting today whatsoever, and the teachers weren't particularly fun either. But luckily, Tiffany gave me a good task to occupy my time today, and school actually passed pretty quickly. What was I doing? I was drawing! She wanted a picture for a friend's drawing, based off of an actual photo, and she's done quite a bit for me through the years, so this is like, the least I could do in return. 

After school, I went with Saya to a convenience store like usual, on our way to the station. I spotted some dark chocolate Kit Kat bites (I think they're dark, at least, based on what I could read), and I had to get them to try it. And now that I have, I can tell you that they're actually not that good. Nothing, apparently, beats the classic Kit Kat bar. 

When I got home, I had a nice dinner of seafood pasta and some soup. I finished my homework, which barely made any sense. The questions were so open ended that I'm not sure how I was supposed to answer them, based on what we've learned so far. Some of the questions didn't even make sense to Yoshiko-san. So I'll see what my classmates have to say when I ask them tomorrow.

After dinner and homework, I sat down and finished what I had been working on in class. Since I didn't have my tablet on me, I couldn't do more than ink and shade it by hand, then scan it in and clean up paper crinkles on photoshop. I think it came out well, at least. For their privacy, I'm not going to put up the picture that this is based off of, but I will tell you that I purposely tried to make it more manga-esque than usual. That was the request. I had a lot of fun drawing this, and I hope they like it too.

With that, I'm going back to writing chapter 3 for a while before heading to bed. Maybe I can go to sleep at a regular time today, eh?

お休み！
マギー